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  1. kandkfunk

    WAG Controlled lunge landing in JO Optional levels

    I know that elite gymnasts must show a stick with both feet together at the end of their floor routine tumbling passes (unless they are doing some type of jump/dance out of the pass), but it looks like female college gymnasts can still use a controlled lunge at the end of their tumbling passes...
  2. P

    Coaches Starting to coach optional gymnasts

    Oh wow, I'm still a little bit confused about yesterday. It was my first day coaching optional level gymnasts (the first optional level in here). I have absolutely no experience about that level because I'm new in this gym and earlier I coached (and did gymnastics by myself) in a different gym...
  3. 5StarNinjaXx

    Optional gymnasts - Teammates doing parts of your dance with you in floor routines?

    In my teammate's floor routine she has one arm up by her head and one straight out in front of her and her legs are sort of in a lunge but all of her weight is on her back foot and she twists her hands twice and on the second time she bends her back knee (sorry for the complicated explanation...
  4. profmom

    WAG any word on optionals' vault in 2013?

    Has anyone heard any gossip about what's likely to happen with optionals' vault under the new code? I assume that new L6 will keep the front handspring and new L8 will be where they start doing Tsuks and Yurchenkos, but has there been any talk of, for instance, making a Yurchenko timer a vault...
  5. G

    WAG What is the purpose of doing this type of cast to handstand (optionals)

    My dd does a cast to handstand on bars. but her teammates all do a cast straddle then bring their legs together at the top of the bar, what is the purpose of them doing that? What is the difference?
  6. JBS

    Coaches Example Assignments & Goals for Optional Level Gymnasts

    For those of you that use assignments for your optional level gymnasts. Can you please give some example assignments? Are your assignments daily...weekly...monthly...etc? How do you track these assignments? As far as goals...how do you address the issue of goal setting in your club? Do the...
  7. JBS

    WAG Optional Level Gymnasts Beginning Freshman Year & Burnout

    Some of our optional level gymnasts that are beginning high school seem to be having a hard time handling it. What are everyone else's experiences with athletes as they enter high school? Besides dropping hours...which we are doing with some of them...what other advice do you have?
  8. G

    Intermediate Optional Right Here (:

    Hey guys! I just felt like letting you all know that I am an Intermediate Optional (Level 6/7 skills) :D I am so excited cause that means "B's" on bars, beam and floor! (: and my vault is going to be a 1/4 on 3/4 off (: Can't wait to figure out which of the floor music options I picked out, my...
  9. S

    attendance policy for optionals?

    We just found out our gym has a rather strict attendance policy for optionals. Is this standard at most gyms? I hope it isn't really strict. It doesn't allow for much time off and requires doctors notes for excused absences. This isn't school, we are paying. I feel like unless you...
  10. R

    Compulsory vs Optional results

    I will preface my post by saying that my DD is very little and about to join level 4 team, so I have very little experience in the gymnastics world. I was looking at the States meet results and found that for DD's gym... the teams at the compulsory levels 4 - 6 did pretty well, placing either...
  11. G

    Intermediate Optional Question?

    Hey guys! So at my gym, depending on what the results are from the head people in my state decide on, next season I could be competing either novice or intermediate optional. At the moment, I think we'll be doing intermediate because I have only seen IO on programs no NO's so me thinking that...
  12. B

    WAG "2013" New Routines/Level 6 Optionals

    Who else has heard the rumors about getting new routines/level 6 being optionals? Our coaches are in a tizzy because they believe these changes are happening this summer (to teach... and to compete for the 2012-2013 season). Is this coming season (starting fall/winter of 2012) considered 2013...
  13. M

    Question from my daughter about optional routine changes

    So my daughter has heard that they are changing the compulsary routines next year. She will likely be level 7 then so it won't effect her, but she was wondering if there were going to be changes for the optional levels as well. I didn't know, but I figured someone here would know for sure...
  14. MaryA

    List of optional skills?

    Is there a list online of what is an "A" skill, "B" skill, etc. and what is required at each level? Or do you have to buy a book to learn that stuff? It seems like, when I search for that info online, I generally find links to books I can buy. This is just for my own curiosity. I plan on having...
  15. D

    j.o. optional survey for the 2013 cycle

    :: USA Gymnastics :: Survey questions for the 2013-2017 Optional quad :: a link to the survey for the 2013 cycle. Some interesting questions raised.
  16. mpkbt

    Parents 2nd dd in Optionals!

    Here is a video of my youngest doing her floor routine. We have our first meet tomorrow and she just got her giants on the set last night. Unfortunately, she has not practiced the fly away out of them yet so I think we will be scratching bars. Older dd hurt her ankles this week so will be doing...
  17. T

    What is the ideal age for optionals?

    A little background. I have a 6yo level 4 who has a fair amount of talent, she has been doing gymnastics for less than a year and a half, she is a determined little child and knows what she wants and what she needs to do to get it. She loves to win but loves more the challenge of winning, the...
  18. M

    Prep optional instead of level 6?

    My dd's gym is now doing prep optional instead of level 6. Does anyone else's gym do this? I don't know all of the details, but I know that they aren't doing the lower levels of prep optional, just the intermediate/silver/and - or advanced/gold (or whatever it might be called depending on the...
  19. W

    Good Optional Travel Meets

    Looking for some recommendations for new travel meets for our Optional Team -Both boys and girls. We have been to many over the years..Chicago, Cancun, FlipFest, Several Orlando's, Colorado Springs, Arizona, MetroPlex, Atlanta. Any other meets that have full sessions of 7,8,9 and 10's that are...
  20. J

    Skipping levels in optionals, is this possible?

    I am so utturley confused! I chose at the beginning of the season to switch from USAG to AGA and was happy with my decision, but i am starting to wonder if that was the right decision. Maybe i should have simply quit, i dont know, but i was wondering if it is possible to start as a level 8 if i...

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